Slices of Time, Extracts, Installation shot, MAC International, 2018, photo S. Mills

Slices of Time, Extracts, Installation shot, MAC International, 2018

Slices of Time, Extracts, Viewing Video, MAC International, 2018, photo P. Marshall

Slices of Time, Extracts, MAC International, 2018, photo P. Marshall

Slices of Time, Extracts, viewing Deep Field, MAC International, 2018, photo S.Mills

Slices of Time (Some Questions), animation 10 min 48 sec, 2016
Special thanks to Simon Jeffery.of Armagh Observatory and Planetarium

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slices of time: some extracts (from another day in futile battle against the 2nd law 2018

MAC International, The MAC, Belfast
curated by Hugh Mulholland, Senior Curator at the MAC Belfast; Anne Barlow, Director at Tate St Ives; & Ba?ak ?enova, Curator, CrossSections (Vienna, Helsinki and Stockholm)

Slices of Time (some questions) a 10 min 50 sec HD Video work, and part of a body of work commissioned for‘ Another Day in Futile Battle Against the 2nd Law’ a solo show in Millennium Court Arts Centre. The animation was also exhibited in reworked installation Extracts from Another Day in Futile Battle Against the 2nd Law’ which was selected for and exhibited as part of MAC International 2018.

The Second Law of Thermodynamics States that whenever energy is transformed from one form to another form, entropy increases and energy decreases.

Extracts from Another Day in Futile Battle Against the 2nd Law falls under this 2nd law. The sculptural installation and animation explore in different ways how a lay-person struggles to understand scientific concepts. It was made with the support of Armagh Observatory and Planetarium. The work opened up contemporary artwork to new audiences in scientific community.  With special thanks to Emeritus Prof. Mark Bailey and to Simon Jeffery of Armagh Observatory.

The installation in the MAC features the asterism The Plough, consisting of 7 stars Dubhe, Merak, Mizar, Alcor Phedca Alioth Alkaid (sculptures on the floor) and the animation Slices of Time , mounted with headphones on the upturned work bench. The animation Slices of Time (some questions), tracks conversations on subjects ranging from infinity, inflation the big bang and stellar distributions with astronomer Simon Jeffery.

Artists selected fr MAC International 2020 Anca Benera & Arnold Estefan / Ali Cherri / Larissa Fassler / Nikolaus Gansterer / Invernomuto (Simone Bertuzzi & Simone Trabucchi) / Ronan McCrea / Aisling O’Beirn / Vesna Pavlovi? / Renata Poljak / Larissa Sansour / Özge Topçu

Slices of Time, detail of Deep Field, photo P. Marshall